Belonging, Identity and Agency of EFL Instructors on Regional Campuses
This article presents the results of research based on a life-history narrative research of the complexities involved in being a university teacher at a regional campus. Nine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university instructors participated in this study. The data were analyzed and organized b...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/17923 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/17923 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | EFL instructors belonging professional agency identity docentes ILE sentido de pertenencia agencia profesional identidad |
| Summary: | This article presents the results of research based on a life-history narrative research of the complexities involved in being a university teacher at a regional campus. Nine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university instructors participated in this study. The data were analyzed and organized by following the three-dimensional, temporal-relational perspective on teacher agency offered by the ecological approach. Findings suggest that factors from the past that gave instructors a broad repertoire of responses to engage and act mainly included participants’ institutional and community belonging. Power differentials and the need for association and recognition stood out in participants’ stories. |
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